In 1971: What was left of the Lancer Restaurant on the Mount Rose Highway after it was destroyed by fire Aug. 2, 1971. RGJ file

In 1971: A letter sent to Reno Newspapers, allegedly from hijacker D.B. Cooper, says "Attention: Thanks for hospitality. Was in a rut. Signed D.B. Cooper." The letter was sent from Oakdale, Calif. RGJ file

From 1971: An artist's sketch provided by the FBI shows the skyjacker known as "Dan Cooper," or "D.B. Cooper." AP file

In 1971: Bob Edwards, a lineman working at Reno International Airport, points to the closed stairway in the Northwest Airlines Boeing 727-100 from which hijacker D.B. Cooper jumped on Nov. 24, 1971. RGJ file

In 1970: Reno police officer Charles Hendrickson poses with some of the kids he helped over the years as they were crossing busy Oddie Boulevard. When a pedestrian overpass was built, it was named after Hendrickson. He died in Reno on April 19, 2010. RGJ file

In 1971: Boxer Joe Frazier, left, hits Muhammad Ali during the 15th round of their heavyweight title fight at New York's Madison Square Garden. AP file

In 1972: A program from the Reno Silver Sox. The team featured future Major Leaguers Dennis Eckersley, Rick Manning and Duane Kuiper. RGJ file

In 1973: Stevie Wonder teaches character Grover how to sing soft and loud and long and short during an appearance on "Sesame Street." AP file

In 1970: Charles Manson leaves a Los Angeles courtroom in Los Angeles after approval of his requests for a plea delay and assignment of a private investigator to help him prepare his defense. AP file

iN 1971: Charles Manson is escorted to court for formal sentencing in Los Angeles. He is convicted with three women followers of murder-conspiracy in the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others. AP file

In 1973: B Street in Sparks looking east. RGJ file

In 1972: Jeff Newman played for the Reno Silver Sox in 1971 and `72, when they were affiliated with the Cleveland Indians. RGJ file

In 1970: This photo of Coach Jerry Scattini is from the Artemisia, in the Football section. Scattini coached the Nevada Wolf Pack football team from 1969-75. University Archives, RGJ file

In 1975: The United Comstock Mill at American Flat. The barrels that contained the cyanide were still there. RGJ file

In 1975: The United Comstock Mill at American Flat. The barrels that contained the cyanide were still there. RGJ file

Winans Yoder Furniture in Fallon. No date on this photo in our archives, but that car out front gives it away. RGJ file

In 1972: John Lennon, giving the peace sign, and his wife, Yoko Ono, arrive for a hearing on their deportation case at U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service office in lower Manhattan. AP file

In 1971: Hank Aaron hits his 600th major league home run in Atlanta. AP file

In 1972: Actress Jean Peters, who had married Howard Hughes in Tonopah in 1957, speaks at a news conference. After failing in an effort to save the improbable site of the secret wedding, Tonopah residents were announcing plans to commemorate the event by building a life-size statue of the couple. AP file

In 1971: The charred shell of the Lancer Restaurant, which overlooked Mount Rose and Reno, as it looked after it was destroyed by fire. RGJ file

In 1975: Harry Warner, who managed the Reno Silver Sox. RGJ file

In 1973: Ella Fitzgerald performs before the Newport Jazz Festival in New York. RGJ file

In 1975: President Gerald Ford and his wife, Betty Ford. AP file

In 1970: Julia Child prepares a French delicacy in her cooking studio. AP file

In 1972: Lou Rawls poses with his Grammy at the Grammy Awards. AP file

In 1972: President Richard Nixon gestures during a news conference at the White House. AP file

In 1970: Mustang Ranch owner Joe Conforte is shown in a March 18, 1970, photo. In its checkered history, the Mustang it was burned down, rebuilt, shut down by the IRS and sold on eBay for the price of a modest home. AP file

In 1975: Moya Lear stands in Reno with her husband, William P. Lear, inventor of the Learjet and other airplanes. RGJ file

Early 1970s: Retired newswoman Sue Morrow shot this photo of Grant Sawyer, from left, Alan Bible, Howard Cannon and Mike O'Callaghan at Bible's retirement party in the early 1970s. RGJ file

In 1973: Sammy Davis Jr., and his son, Mark, 13, toast each other at a luncheon at Reno's Harrah Convention Center on the occasion of Mark’s bar mitzvah, which was held at Temple Sinai in Reno. RGJ file

In 1970: Bill Raggio with daughter, Leslie, who is wearing his district attorney badge. RGJ file

In 1970: William Raggio with his family on the day he filed for the U.S. Senate seat. From left rear are his wife, Dotty, daughter, Leslie, 17, and mother Clara. In the front of Tracy, 8, and Mark, 7. RGJ file

In 1975: The Strip in Las Vegas. AP file

In 1975:A U.S. Marine helicopter lifts off from the landing pad atop the U.S. Embassy during the evacuation of Saigon as the last remaining American troops left Vietnam. AP file

In 1975, mobs of Vietnamese people scale the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, trying to get to the helicopter pickup zone just before the end of the Vietnam War on April 29, 1975. U.S. Marines and civilians beat them back with their boots and rifle butts. AP file